The life of J.D. Åkerblad : Egyptian decipherment and Orientalism in revolutionary times / / by Fredrik Thomasson.
Johan DavidÅkerblad (1763–1819) contributed to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs and Demotic and is known as a predecessor of Jean-François Champollion. This intellectual biography offers a new and less heroic interpretation of the first reading of the Egyptian scripts.Åkerblad, an exceptiona...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history,
v. 213 Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 213. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (503 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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